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v1.3.8a Released!

v1.3.8a has been released !!!
and can be downloaded hereNOTE: You should use v1.3.8a !!

A couple important notes if upgrading:

If you are using ANY PayPal modules, please write down your settings, then remove the module and re-install it, and then fill in your settings again.
If you're using the PayPal IPN (Website Payments Standard) module, WHEN YOU RECONFIGURE, be sure to also setup PDT token information if you'd like faster completion of transactions.

If you are using either of the AuthorizeNet modules, please write down your settings, then remove the module and re-install it, and then fill in your settings again.

If you are using the USPS module, please write down your settings, then remove the module and re-install it, and then fill in your settings again.

If you are using the Linkpoint/YourPay API payment module, please write down your settings, then remove the module and re-install it, and then fill in your settings again.

NEW: Combine Shopping Cart Contents .... If customer logs in and had items in their saved shopping cart, they are now taken to their cart and shown a message alerting them to the fact that those items have been merged with their new cart. This warning can be disabled via switch in admin: Admin->Configuration->Stock->Show Notice of Combining Shopping Cart on Login

Sideboxes for New/Featured/Special can now contain more than 1 product. Also, the randomizing of the selected products has been improved. The number of items to be shown can be set in Admin->Configuration->Maximum Values

Authorize.net SIM module ... MD5 support was added, meaning that you can set an MD5 validation key in your Authorize.net account and in the module, making sure that the communications are double-validated before payment is accepted. Prevents spoofing.

Authorize.net eCheck module added . .. If you have an account with Authorize.net and wish to offer eCheck payment options, the built-in module will handle this for you.

USPS module updated ... USPS has made some changes in the last 6 months, some announced, some not. The module has been updated to accommodate these changes. You will need to Remove and re-Install the module in Admin->Modules->Shipping in order to make this work properly. (Write down your settings first, for easier re-configuration!)

Added: login pages now have a built-in security token, which prevents XSRF and other hacks

Added: Ability to ban user accounts via admin (edit customer)

Added: Home & Per-page metatags can now be defined in the meta_tags.php language file

Added: EZ-Page metatags can now be defined in the meta_tags.php language file

Added: If customer logs in and had items in their saved shopping cart, they are now taken to their cart and shown a message alerting them to the fact that those items have been merged with their new cart.

Added: Quick Customer address listing of whole address book

Added: manufacturer pulldown can skip manufacturers with no associated products

Added: warning in admin if Welcome Coupon is approaching expiry.

Added: Admin orders are now searchable on product name or model, or order number

Enhanced: Improvements to the affiliate-feedback info during checkout-process

Enhanced: PayPal IPN now supports PDT to allow real-time-handling of PayPal Standard transactions without having to wait for IPN in all cases. Requires that merchant has enabled PDT and enters their encryption key/token.

Enhanced: Session security improved with additional sanitization

Changes in this release

Change: CSS -- Some template ID tags changed to classes because rendered from inside a loop

BugFix: techsupp.php was using php "short" tags in a few places. Changed to normal tags.

Upgrade InstructionsFOR A DETAILED LIST OF CHANGES, as well as INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS, look in the /docs/ folder of the zip file.
The list of changed files is also there.

A NOTE ABOUT UPGRADE WARNINGS
It's possible that you might see warnings during the upgrade process about some steps that were "skipped". If you see any of these "skipped" messages related to "paypal_testing" or "linkpoint_api" tables ... they are safe to ignore:

SKIPPED: Cannot ALTER or INSERT/REPLACE into table paypal_testing because it does not exist. CHECK PREFIXES!

Remember: Any code suggestions you see here are merely suggestions. You assume full responsibility for your use of any such suggestions, including any impact ANY alterations you make to your site may have on your PCI compliance.
Furthermore, any advice you see here about PCI matters is merely an opinion, and should not be relied upon as "official". Official PCI information should be obtained from the PCI Security Council directly or from one of their authorized Assessors.